General insurance brands: Know your providers

10-May-2009If you are looking for car, home, travel, private health or pet insurance, or associated products such as car breakdown cover, then there are a number of reputable companies that can offer you the right product for your needs:

Sainsbury?s insurance

Sainsbury's insurance offer an award winning service to their customers. They were voted ' Your Money, Best Online Banking Provider 2008' and also have under their belt awards for: Your Money, Best Online Pet Insurance Provider 2008, and Your Money's Best Direct Travel Insurance Provider 2008. Apart from pet and travel insurance, they provide home insurance (including landlord?s insurance) and car insurance.

Liverpool Victoria Insurance

Liverpool Victoria (also known as LV=) can meet all your general insurance needs with car, home, travel insurance and pet insurance. They have won awards for their home and car insurance products. For two consecutive years their buildings and contents insurance has been given a top five star rating for its features and benefits by Defaqto, the independent financial product research company. And recently Defaqto awarded their car insurance product its highest 5 Star Rating for the fifth year in a row.

Direct Line

Direct Line are easily remembered for their big, red telephone logo. They often offer special deals on their car, home and pet insurance products. As at April 2009 they were offering 12 months for the price of ten months on car, pet and home insurance. They also do travel insurance, motorbike insurance, buy to let insurance and breakdown cover.

The AA

The AA offer more than just a car breakdown service. In their ever expanding portfolio of products they offer car insurance (including classic car insurance), home, travel and pet insurance.

Abbey

Part of the Santander Group, the Abbey offer award winning home insurance. In 2009 it was awarded the top rating of 5 stars from Defaqto, for properties up to and including five bedrooms. They also offer two different types of home insurance so that you can tailor make the policy to suit your needs and your budget. They also offer mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI).

Nationwide

Nationwide offer an award winning service. Their home insurance offers a Defaqto awarded 5 star cover rating for being one of the best insurance products on the market. And they have a 5 star service rating awarded by Consumer Intelligence for the service provided to their customers throughout 2008. Their product portfolio includes buy to let insurance, car insurance, income protection and mortgage payment protection insurance, and travel insurance.

AXA PPP

AXA?s portfolio of general insurance products include two types of home insurance, car insurance, travel, a range of private health insurance policies, income protection cover and pet insurance.

Norwich Union (Aviva)

Norwich Union (recently rebranded as Aviva) are known for their ?Quote me happy? advertisements on screen. They offer car insurance, home insurance, travel insurance plus home emergency insurance, high net worth home insurance and private health insurance.

Zurich

Zurich insurance have a portfolio of general insurance products car insurance, boat insurance, home insurance, travel insurance and van insurance.

Saga

Saga offers specialist insurance products specifically aimed at the 50+ age group including over 50s car insurance, home insurance, pet and travel insurance, caravan insurance and breakdown cover.

Halifax

The Halifax strapline says that they give ?a little extra?. They offer home insurance, including landlord insurance, travel insurance, pet insurance and also healthcare insurance.

Barclays

Barclays offer a wide range of general insurance products such as car and travel insurance, home insurance (including high value home insurance), buy to let insurance, student possessions insurance and health insurance.

Hiscox

Hiscox have over 100 years? offering specialist insurance. They provide higher value home insurance and possessions insurance as well as overseas holiday home insurance.